Quotes About Ambition

Berlagak tak mendengar apa-apa, Avenarius terus nyerocos. Di mata seorang ahli estetika, pantatnya pasti dinilai terlalu berisi dan agak rendah, dan itu makin jadi soal karena jiwanya merindukan ketinggian. Tapi justru dalam kontradiksinya ini aku mendapati inti keadaan manusia: kepala penuh mimpi, tetapi pantat yang menambatkan kita seperti sauh

Philly Joe was a bitch. If he'd been a lawyer and white, he would have been president of the United States, because in order to get there you gotta talk fast and carry a lot of bullshit with you; Philly had it all and a lot to spare.

Knitting is not enough.

If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door

I'd rather be a could-be if I cannot be an are; because a could-be is a maybe who is reaching for a star. I'd rather be a has-been than a might have been, by far; for a might have been has never been but a has was once an are.

I'd rather be a could-be if I cannot be an are; because a could-be is a maybe who is reaching for a star. I'd rather be a has-been than a might-have-been by far; for a might-have-been has never been, but a has-been was once an are.

I'd rather be a 'could-be' if I cannot be an 'are', because a 'could-be' is a 'maybe' who is reaching for a star. I'd rather be a 'has-been' than a 'might-have-been,' by far, for a 'might-have-been' has never been, but a 'has' was once an 'are.

If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door.

I applied for three jobs in record companies and was offered all of them. I took the most glamorous-sounding job in the promotions department and it began my love affair with the music industry.

It's important for you to do what you love and not let anyone bring you down.

I always had this huge respect for American filmmakers and American actors. I always had this very strong love and respect for the American cinema. I always knew that I was going to leave Sweden.

I would love to make a real jazz album someday because I never have. But that's something I'm not in a rush to do.

I'm not trying to conquer Hollywood. I love my day job.

I would love to stay at SNL forever. But you can't stay in the same place. People think you're a loser.

When you are a pit bull, and you love what you do and you are going to continue to grow, that talent will find its way out.

[Writing] is harder than you think. You'll be rejected often. If you do it for money, you'll quit. Love it or don't do it.

Poet's food is love and fame.

I know and love the good, yet, ah! the worst pursue.

Ambition, like love, can abide no lingering; and ever urgeth on his own successes, hating nothing but what may stop them.

I would love to get with somebody who knows the fundamentals of making the movie, then get my money up and start getting into that.

I'd love to do historical pictures more, but I don't know if I can.

Follow your passion. Do what you love, and the money will follow. Most people don't believe it, but it's true.

Gold will buy the highest honours; and gold will purchase love.

The love of fame puts spurs to the mind